Table 2.

Primer pairs utilized in this study.

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Reference
COI	HCO1490 – GGTCAACAAATCATAAAGATATTGG	LCO2198 – AAACTTCAGGGTGACCAAAAAATCA	Folmer et al. 1994
16S rRNA	16SARL – CGCCTGTTTATCAAAAACAT	16SBRH – CCGGTCTGAACTCAGATCACGT	Palumbi et al. 1991
16S rRNA		16SKr – AATAGATAGAAACCAACCTGGC	Jon Norenburg unpublished